Sorry, but the rules on FR are based on conservatism. If a candidate ain't very conservative, they and their boosters are gonna have tough sledding here.
Plus, just about all the Rudy boosters have no problem ripping into McCain, so it ain't like they don't have their own targets.
“Rudy boosters have no problem ripping into McCain”
Gingrich, Thompson, Thompson, Hunter, & Romney supporters have been ripped into by those same posters.
And by tough sledding, it means that there will be a lot more posters who will be arguing against them than normal, and the arguments might get more heated because it will feel like an infiltration. When I post at a liberal site, I expect 20 people to jump down my throat, and that's what pro-rudy people should expect here.
The tactics I've seen by those who shout the loudest about being conservative clearly contradict that claim.
Plus, just about all the Rudy boosters have no problem ripping into McCain, so it ain't like they don't have their own targets.
But do they try and get them banned? Anyway, both McCain and Romney have been ripped by many on the social right here, and from what I've seen, much more so than mainstream conservatives. It's clear to me that the purpose of the attacks on the top 3 have been designed to weaken support for them in order to bolster one of the one percenters who would be more acceptable to the social right, but of course completely unelectable.
First it was Brownback, then Hunter. When it was obvious neither would ever make it past 1 or 2 percent in any Republican poll, they all went after Newt. Newt of course has more baggage than a 787, and when the admission of an affair came out, they then jumped on Fred's bandwagon. So far, little is known about him or whether he is even interested, but I notice now how off-limits he has become to any negative comments.
The social right needs to understand that conservatism embraces so much more than a handful of social issues, and those issues are not going to drive the election campaign. They must then look to what the real issues are facing this Nation and what Americans will be voting on.